MARION BARUCH

Le Parti pris des nuages Solo Show, may 20th - juillet 13rd 2017 Opening 20th of may from 3PM to 8PM (the show will be closed between the 21st until the 27th of june)

Maytheybeuntitled«Paintings»,« Sculptures»,«Portraits»,MarionBaruch’sworksaremadeofscrapsoffabricspineduponthewall.Theformthattheypresent,aretheresultofbothchanceandtheeffectofgravityontheflexibilityofthefabric:nothingpreparedorplaned.Theworksofferadrawnstructurewhoreflectsageometrybetweendeconstructionofthepainting,sketchofbas-relief,andprocessualsculpture».ChristianBernard.ForherfirstpersonalexhibitionattheGalerieAnne-SarahBénichou«Lepartiprisdesnuages»,inhomage to Ponge,Marion Baruch renewswith this poetry of everyday life, characteristic of hiswork.

MarionBaruch,Yellow,2016,fabric,240x151cm,créditAlexanderHana,CourtesyoftheartistandGalerieAnne-SarahBénichou

MarionBaruch appears as an uncatchable artist as her production takesmultiple paths.Herworkcoversawidespectrum:paintingsfromthe1960stosculpturesandconceptual installationsdatingfrom the 1980s, collective productions made in Paris in the years from 1999 to 2000 to piecescreatedinItalyfromfabricfallssince2010.ThepersonalexhibitionofMarionBaruchthattheGalerieAnne-SarahBénichouproposesannouncesitselfasasingularevent;Itshowsthemostrecentworksofthisartistandemphasizesthedynamism,theenergy,thecapacitytorenewitselfinacontemporarycontext.ThetitleoftheexhibitionreferstoFrancisPonge'sbookofpoemsLepartiprisdeschoses,whichthegalleryownerparticularlylikesandwhich immediatelycametohermindwhenshediscoveredtheworkofMarionBaruch.Thingshavebecomeclouds.Figuringtheform,theconsistencyofacloudisimpossible,watchingitevolveinthe sky recalls the artistic research of Marion Baruch who tries to perpetuate the ephemeralpoetically.Thebiasofthecloudsevokesapoetryofnothing,ofthedailylifewheretheobjectsofeverydaylifedominate,theproductsofconsumersociety.Forsomeyearsnow,MarionBaruchhasbeencreatingworksfromtheremainsoffabricshecollectsingarmentfactoriesintheMilanregion,materialsdestinedfordestruction.Itrestoreslife,engagesaprocessofsurvival,re-use.Consistingoflines,roundings,throws,pleats,oftenmonochromes,theseflexible formsarepinned to thewallor suspended from the ceiling. Theartist arrangesand tendsthesematerialsuntiloftenobtainformsofaflexiblegeometrythatpunctuatesthespace.Theurgencylivesinthisartistwhoisnotlimitedorrestricted;Shefeelstheneedtoworkfully.Everydaycountsandrecognitionbeginstoemerge.ExtractfromthetextbyBurluraux,writtenfortheshowandtitledLesgrandsmaîtressontréelspourelle.

MarionBaruch,Portrait1,2,3,4,5,2013,exhibitionview"Lampidimemoria",Mamco,Genève,

créditphotoIlmariKalkkinen,courtesyoftheartistandGalerieAnne-SarahBénichou

Marion Baruch Born in Romania in 1929 in Timisoara, Marion Baruch studied at the Academy of Fine Arts inBucharestandthenattheBezalelAccademyofArtsandDesign inJerusalemwhereshe joinedhermother violinist. She joined the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome in 1954. In the late 1950s, sheworkedfortheItaliantextileindustryanddesigneddesignsforprints.Numerousperiodspunctuateherwork,someofwhicharekeymoments.From1990to1995it isafictioncompany:NameDiffusion.Thiscompanydevelopedparticipatoryandrelationalprojectsandproposedacollectiveapproachofmeetings,exchangesandcreation.Thisisoneofthebestknownchapters of her life. It was part of the international context of the 1990s that payed particularattentiontothecompany.From1998 to 2011, shedirectedherwork towards the creationof new formsof encounters. Shepracticedarelational,morepoliticalart,moreanchoredinquestionsofsociety.Shemadeblogsandparticipatory sites such as I'm an undocumented, online action with the magazine Synesthésie in1998.Thiskindofmediumallowedhertobroadenanddiversifyheraudience.Marion Baruch has spent her life building relationships and connecting. Today it also builds adialoguebetweentwoimmaterialforces:spaceandmemory.Theartistisinscribedinthecontinuity,thereisadesiretoliveinthepresent,aradicalityalwaysactive.Art historians are only beginning to examine and analyze the work of this artist following recentexhibitions.NathalieViotandNoahStolzconstituteherarchivesforthecreationofanEstateandamonographiccatalog isbeingprepared.MarionBaruchisalsorepresentedbytheGalerieLaurenceBernardinGeneva.

MarionBaruch,exhibitionviewEingang,In&Out,Up&Down,DurchundDurch,GalerieBolteLang,créditAlexanderHana,CourtesyoftheartistetGalerieAnne-SarahBénichou